Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Kumpulan tips olahraga dan diet
Saya adalah internet junkie, dan saya sering 'tersesat' di internet. Tiap orang candunya beda-beda, kalau saya: 9gag, fashion blog, wikipedia, video nari-nari daaaan...saya paling demen nge-google tips atau how to. Tentunya tips/how to ini terkait dengan interest saya, yaitu tentang fashion atau kecantikan, diet, olahraga, sampai cara menulis essay buat melamar beasiswa (saelah, biar kesannya pinteran dikit, gak cuma urusan muke ame bodi doang). Yang saya mau bahas di tulisan ini, khusus tips diet dan olahraga ajah. Bukan cuma dari internet aja sih, tapi juga dari teman-teman dan juga pengalaman pribadi. Saya baru aja sakit sebulan (istilah Sundanya harugrag, makanya lama beut sakit), dan tentunya urusan diet dan olahraga jadi tertinggal. Karena sekarang sedang berusaha kembali pada jalur, maka saya terinspirasi menulis ini. Beberapa hal yang ada di sini adalah pengulangan dari tulisan-tulisan terdahulu.
Sebelumnya, apakah saya sukses mencapai target diet dan olahraga dengan tips-tips ini? Kalau pakai standar saya sih, saya akan mengatakan bahwa saya sukses! Tapi kalau standar Anda adalah turun berat badan 10 kg...waduh...maap saya cuma turun 3 kg sajah. Tapi saya merasa metabolisme saya jauh lebih bagus, saya makan lebih baik, badan saya meskipun berat tapi tidak glombor-glombor seperti dulu waktu belum ikut rejimen olahraga dan diet.
Baiklah, kita mulai saja
1. Pemanasan dan pendinginan sebelum olahraga adalah super wajib. Lakukan dynamic stretching saat pemanasan, dan static stretching saat pendinginan.
Ini saya ketahui sejak SMA. Dengan stretching pemanasan dan pendinginan, ambil nilai lari tidak membuat paha saya sakit seperti biasanya. Akan tetapi saya belum lama mendapatkan tips baru, bahwa ketika badan masih 'dingin' sebaiknya jangan melakukan stretching statis. Tau kan stretching statis? Yang ototnya ditarik ajah tanpa banyak gerak. Stretching statis saat badan masih dingin beresiko otot bisa putus. Serem kan? Gerakan-gerakan dynamic stretching bisa ditemukan di youtube.
2. Minum kafein sebelum olahraga meningkatkan pembakaran dan membuat semangat berolahraga.
Ini sih logis lah? Gw kalau minum kafein biasanya jadi agak hiperaktif, dan cara apa yang lebih baik untuk menyalurkan energinya kalau bukan olahraga. Kafein juga meningkatkan resistensi otot, jadi kita gak cepet ngerasa "sensasi terbakar" saat otot lelah. Sebagai informasi, dosis kafein tertentu dilarang di Olimpiade. Kafein dianggap doping.
3. Metabolisme, metabolisme, metabolisme
Hidup akan lebih mudah jika metabolisme kita bagus. Saya kadang agak kaget ketika saya lagi gak gitu kontrol, makan agak banyak atau jenisnya yang berkalori tinggi, tapi badan saya nggak langsung menggendut tuh. Ini karena saya udah meningkatkan metabolisme. Ada tiga cara tubuh kita membakar kalori: melalui olahraga dan bergerak, melalui pencernaan makanan kita, dan melaksanakan fungsi dasar tubuh seperti memompa darah, berpikir dan menghangatkan tubuh alias metabolisme basal (lihat di sini). Nah 70% dari kalori yang kita bakar setiap hari adalah dari metabolisme basal ini (yang ahli, silakan mengkoreksi kalau ini salah). Jadi kalau metabolisme basal ini bisa ditingkatkan, enak kan? Nggak ngapa-ngapain tapi badan sibuk bakar kalori.
Caranya gimana? Yaitu dengan memperkuat otot. Kalistenik, pilates, yoga, angkat beban adalah berbagai olahraga yang dapat memperkuat otot. Disarankan untuk memprioritaskan jenis olahraga ini daripada cardio jika waktu kita terbatas. Saya pribadi, hanya melakukan yoga, dan sekali-sekali jalan cepat kalau pas bisa. (Cardio adalah kemewahan buat saya, soalnya harus jadi anggota gym atau turun di car free day. Jogging di kompleks? Enggak lah yaw).
Cara lain? Jangan membiarkan diri Anda kelaparan. Ketika tubuh lapar, dia akan panik dan mulai berhati-hati membakar kalori, alias...metabolisme akan turun. Jadi pastikan Anda mengatur asupan makanan Anda agar kalori tidak berlebihan tapi juga badan tidak terlalu kelaparan (kelaparannya dikit ajah).
4. Kalau baru mulai, paling mudah dengan cardio
Berlainan dengan tips sebelum ini, kalau Anda memulai dengan kondisi tubuh yang kurang fit, barangkali overweight atau obesitas, atau bodyfat tinggi, paling mudah dan aman memulai dengan cardio dan paling enak make alat di gym (treadmill, sepeda atau eliptical, lebih enak soalnya lebih stabil dan kita bisa atur tantangannya). 3-4 kali seminggu sejam, diikuti dengan strength training.
5. Kalau otot kesakitan, artinya si otot makin kuat
Maka disyukuri aja, jangan dirutuki. Eh ini maksudnya sakit otot yang pegal-pegal karena abis olahraga loh ya, bukan cedera seperti keseleo atau putus. Tapi jangan dipaksa untuk berolahraga dalam kondisi pegal begini. Tunggu 1-2 hari sampai dia berkurang sakitnya. Kalau saya pribadi, mempercayakan minyak kayu putih untuk meredakan sakit (just FYI, cara ini ditentang habis oleh teman saya yang dokter olahraga dengan alasan belum ada bukti ilmiah untuk ini, sedangkan bukti ilmiah yang ada justru menyuruh agar otot dikompres dingin, but seriously...minyak kayu putih works O______O), dan beberapa gerakan stretching ala yoga.
6. Yang penting adalah total asupan kalori seharian
Terserah mau diatur makan banyaknya siang atau malam atau pagi, dibagi 3 kali makan atau 6 kali makan, pokoknya yang penting total kalori seharian tidak berlebihan. Sesuaikan dengan rutinitas dan gaya hidup dan apa yang nyaman buat Anda. Saya pribadi, paling menahan diri di pagi hari, agak menahan diri di siang hari, dan makan yang kenyang di malam hari.
7. Jangan terjebak dengan obsesi untuk menjadi sempurna
Ini terutama jebakan banget buat saya si Virgo yang perfeksionis. Gagal menahan diri untuk nggak makan seporsi penuh makan siang? Nggak apa-apa, lanjutin aja dietnya abis itu. Nggak sempet olahraga selama seminggu? Nggak apa-apa, mulai aja lagi. Ini adalah yang harus terus-menerus ingat. Soalnya seringkali terjebak untuk menyerah sama sekali ketika gagal sekali aja dan kemudian susah mulai lagi. Nggak usah perfect-perfect amat dan nggak perlu total menahan diri. Jajan aja bubble tea atau es krim kalau mau, atau makan aja sepotong cake coklat sisa Lebaran itu, asalkan ingat untuk nggak bablas. Jujur, meskipun turun berat badannya lamaaa dan nggak sebanyak yang diinginkan, cara ini lebih baik daripada bisa turun banyak, jadi kurus, tapi nggak tahan lama. Sejauh ini, ini adalah badan ter-ok saya (bahkan dibandingkan waktu SMA), dan bertahan paling lama juga.
So that's it, I guess. Good luck!
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Gerakan yoga sudah ada dalam shalat?
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| Locust Scorpion Pose www.fitsugar.com |
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| Peacock pose www.yogaposeweekly.com |
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| King Pigeon Pose www.fitsugar.com |
| www.athomeyoga.typepad.com |
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| Gerakan Shalat http://fitrianijafar.blogspot.com/2012/11/sunnah-sunnah-shalat.html |
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| Sun Salutation www.yogavibes.com |
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| Crow Pose www.espn.go.com |
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| Hummingbird Pose www.fitsugar.com |
So, maaf ya kalau saya nggak setuju bahwa shalat lebih canggih daripada yoga. Shalat adalah shalat. Shalat adalah ibadah dan bukan olahraga, dan apakah ibadah butuh pembenaran? *elus-elus jenggot. Kalau nggak mau yoga ya nggak usah, nggak apa-apa, tapi juga nggak usah klaim bahwa "gerakan yoga udah ada di dalam shalat" apalagi lebih canggih. Bikin sebel tauk.
Catatan: Argumen mengenai cocologi saya dapat dari kawan-kawan rahasia saya di dunia maya. You probably know who you are.
Monday, July 29, 2013
Book Review: The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window and Dissapeared
Did you see that coming? I didn't.
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| SBY is cooking a nuclear project with the help of 100 year old man! Saya prihatin :( |
I bought the book because of the curious title of course. The back cover didn't explain anything in terms of what the story is about. Even if there's a synopsis anywhere, it is very minimal. What the hell is this book about? Is it a mystery? Ghost story? Detective story?
Considering I was on vacation at that time, I thought I had the spare time to find out. And so I read it.
It turns out that the book is well written. With lots of cold and somewhat sarcastic European humor (if I may?) that I liked. So yes, the story is about Allan Karlsson, a 100 year old (Sweden) man who runaway from the old's people home on his birthday and find an adventure. He didn't know where to go and what he wanted to do, and just go where his feet takes him and what his gut told him. He ended up stealing a suitcase with lots of money in it, which belongs to a drug dealer. During his run, he picked up friends, including an elephant pet. I'm gonna stop right there cause surely, you don't want me to tell you the whole story, right?
But, what's surprisingly nice for me is, that the past of Mr. Allan Karlsson was also told in this book. And because his life takes place during WW II and Cold War, there was a lot of "history" content in it. In fact, in this fictional story, Allan Karlsson take role in the world's important historical events. For example, he helped Oppenheimer make the atom bomb that blew Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In fact, he accidentally met with important people in history, General Franco, Stalin, Harry Truman, Mao Tse Tung, Kim Il Sung and (little) Kim Jong Il. That was all fun for me, until he decided to go to... Bali.
Crap! What now, do I have to go all post-modernist and post-colonialist on this book?
Well I don't know if this is a post-modernist or post-colonialist take on the story, but how the writer describes Indonesia, really makes me sad. He describes Indonesia as:
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| Image of "exotic Bali". Many would only remember Bali when mentioned about Indonesia. But some, doesn't know Bali is in Indonesia. Picture taken from http://intrepidberkeleyexplorer.com/Page21F.html |
Stupid woman (two)
Marries a bule tourist (yep)
Corruption
Corruption
Corruption
Oh well.
To sum it up, I'm just going to quote the book for you:
"...in Indonesia, everything was for sale, and so anyone who had money could get anything he wanted." (pg. 280).
Some Indonesian might be offended and threatend to take all Indonesian people to pee on Sweden and drown it (hot headed nationalist), some might agree with that statement (Indonesians who are in denial and just couldn't deal being an Indonesian I would say), some would be just sad. Like me. I'm just sad. Like, what could I possibly say? Corruption IS a problem here and that is something that I can't deny. But having the whole Indonesia reduced and described like that is just.... saddening.
Well, the story being, that the stupid Balinese girl who married the wealthy bule, bribe her way up to the governor chair (not so stupid after all), and then monopolize the hotel industry in Bali. After Suharto takes over, she decided she wants to retire and being offered a post as an Ambassador in France. Yep, might be a "familiar" story for us, yeah?
Also, at the end, the 100 year old man who steals the suitcase full of money and kill some people along the way, Indonesia is used as an escape route. Because it is SO corrupt there, that some outlaws plus an elephant pet can get in with no problem as long as they provide bribe money. And we provide charter planes too! No questions asked. And that's how you conclude the and resolve the story of this book.
But hey, don't we all do what the writer is doing? Don't we also "reduce" countries into just names and images and brands in our minds? Argentina is Tango and soccer, Brazil is Samba and soccer, Russia is cold and communist, Thailand is Phuket and transgenders and sex, America is New York and Carrie Bradshaw, or America is cowboys and horses (or Gipsy Danger for all of you Pacific Rim geeks out there).
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| I personally imagine New York when thinking about United States. Americans are smart enough to nurture this images through pop culture. Who hasn't watch Sex and the City? Please! |
And do we think of how people would feel when we use these images to describe them and their nation and their country? Nation is an imagined community but nationalism is a power not to be underestimate. So perhaps we should be more considerate? Especially if it is a negative one.
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| And Sweden is just IKEA! xP |
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Review: Pacific Rim
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| Image courtesy of Dimas Subagio http://apps.warnerbros.com/pacificrim/designer/us/ |
Yes! A million time yes for this movie!
Okay, I might not be the right person to review this movie, as I don't have a thing for robots, Japanese stuff, action and stuff like that. I'm just a regular movie goer.
However,...
When it comes to action movies, I have an allergic tendency towards weepy dramatic or lovey dovey scenes. You can probably guess then, that I hated Superman and Spiderman and love Iron Man. I also hated Fast & Furious 1, 4, 6 and absolutely love 2, 3 and 5. (or maybe that's too complicated to guess?).
Pacific Rim is just perfect.
1. Full action! The main character doesn't even kiss, but we know that they're.. you know... A lot of the good guys are dead, but there's no dramatic weeping. At all. And you know those scenes, where the good guy is on the edge of danger, but still make time for a dramatic dialogue? There are no such thing in Pacific Rim. HALLE FRIKKIN LUYAHH!
2. The movie does not let us ask questions and complain about the scientific logic (like what happend to TRON for me) by not trying to explain the scientific details. They don't even go there, and just let it be. Let it be. Don't even go there. Don't even question why are there this huge monster came out of the ocean, and how the hell do connect human minds to control robots and why. They just provide necessary explanation (minimum), and you can just enjoy the awesome action. Which are AWESOME.
3. For those of you who enjoys beautiful men on your screen, you will not be dissapointed. The beautiful Aussie father-son, and ahem, Charlie Hunnam who will make you Channing all over his Tatum (he looks like a beautiful version of Channing Tatum. Versi tampan dari Channing Tatum)
4. The girl. Right on for the Mako Mori character. She's perfect, and adding value to the movie instead of distraction.
So what? It's a 5 star for me. And yes, do watch them on IMAX if you can. The action matters.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Tentang JJS di mall yang diganggu todongan sumbangan :)
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Bolehkah saya menyalahkan penjajah Belanda atas kurangnya partner Tango?
yang menampar saya dengan Argentine Tango. Bahkan bukan pun Al Pacino (yang adegan tango dalam film Scent of a Woman-nya orang-orang hebohkan, not dramatic but he was blind in the story).
Sebuah film yang mungkin unremarkable, tapi sungguh membuat saya terobsesi dengan Argentine Tango adalah film Robert Duvall berjudul Assassination Tango. Mr. Robert Duvall dan terutama keanggunan isterinya Luciana Pedreza lah yang benar-benar memukau saya. Tidak ada dramatisasi berlebihan, hanya keeleganan yang memukau dan memicu rasa penarasaran dan gemas. Buat saya, film itu menampilkan Argentine Tango yang sesungguhnya, gerakan-gerakan sederhana yang tetapi menggelitik, bukan dramatisasi berlebihan. (bahkan stunt-stunt andalan memukau ala Argentine Tango pun nggak terlalu ditampilkan, tidak ada gancho, planeo, barridas, volcadas, colgadas, hanya basics, dengan embellishments dan SOUL).
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| Cakalele, tarian perang dari Maluku Sumber: http://id.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tari_Cakalele |
Sunday, July 7, 2013
why i can't dance Indonesian traditional dance
I dance Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Jive and last but not least, Argentine Tango. But I can't dance traditional Indonesian dance. Not even one. Why?
For the last 11 days, I was participating in a leadership program, which allows me to explore Indonesian dance. We were suppose to perform lots of Indonesian dance, and that got me thinking why i haven't learn any Indonesian dance. My friends perform Indonesian dance in the inauguration night: Saman from Aceh, Indang from Minangkabau, and the most awesome one is Mask Dance from Cirebon. Oh Dayak dance is also super awesome. It follows the moves and sounds of the Hornbill bird which is very important animal in their cultural identity. I was also at first, participating in a simple Indonesian dance coreography performance for the closing session. I finally decided not to participate as main dancer in that performance anymore, mainly because the program is quite demanding and I feel that the practice would be too exhausting for me.
When I was given the moves and coreography, after 2 or 3 tries, I can execute it very very well. Seriously. Thanks to the Latin dance I'm already good at, my moves was excellent and smooth (even though my moves was salsa-like. Can you imagine my salsa hips during Papua dancing?!). And it's a coreographed dancing, so you just have to remember the moves. And so yes, the difference between Salsa/Tango with Indonesian dancing is that: Salsa/Tango has basic moves that you have to remember but executed according to the music and personal expression, while Indonesian dancing is coreographed.
So maybe that's why it doesn't seem so exciting for me. Because, you don't have to "conquer" a dancing logic (yes Salsa and Tango steps, required lots of logic), but you just have to "know the moves" (mind you, the moves can be very challenging and beautiful and exciting to conquer too). But, then it got me thinking again. Do you realize why it is coreographed in a precise way? Because, it is danced together. A group of dancer must execute the dance in a harmonious way (except for some solo dancing, or group dancing which can be performed solo). You can clearly see this in Saman and Indang dance of course.
Yes, Indonesian has a very strong communal and togetherness spirit. HAHA so that's why! I am very individualist and I generally hate people, so I don't like communal dancing. I am selfish. Hahahaa.
But another excuse that I have and another characteristic is that, almost all Indonesian dance is a performance dancing, while Salsa/Tango is a social dance (even though it can be made as a performance).
But seriously, I really do want to learn Indonesian dance. The problem is that I have limited time and money and therefore I have to decide priority. Based on purely technical and aestethic preference, I chose Salsa/Tango. If I have all the time in the world and can do anything with it, dancing is all I would be doing :)
















